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The 2024 Adelaide Festival is underway from 1^st to 17^th March during which 64 events, 16 world premieres, 12 Australian premieres and 23 exclusives will be on offer.

With this array of events, this is the first festival to return to pre-pandemic proportions, with 236 international artists and over 1200 Australian artists from 15 countries gathering in Adelaide over the next 17 days.

SA Minister for Arts Andrea Michaels noted “Adelaide Festival is our state’s premier arts festival and I’m so happy to see it return for 2024 with an incredible program featuring world-class artists and performances. This year's festival has been centred around South Australian young people, communities and artists with initiatives like Create4Adelaide and Floods of Fire. It will be a convergence of international artists, First Nations talent, and acclaimed South Australian companies and artists on our stages and in our galleries for a truly special festival."

The cutting-edge program, the first fully curated by Artistic Director Ruth Mackenzie and Chief Executive Kath Mainland, together with the added expertise of Associate Artistic Director Wouter Van Ransbeek, delves deeper into the role of an international festival in the 21st century.

Mainland enthused “I’m so excited that AF 2024 is finally here. Adelaide Festival is Australia’s premier international festival and I know that the world-class international artists who are coming to the festival to take the stage alongside their counterparts from right here in South Australia will delight, excite, engage and enthral us all. There is no place better to be than Adelaide in March, with all our wonderful festivals, and we are eternally grateful to the government of South Australia for their unstinting support.”

Mackenzie added “We launched Adelaide Festival 2024 in Bordertown with our first free event, HARBINGERS: Care or Catastrophe, at Walkway Gallery in collaboration with Country Arts SA, showcasing new work by a remarkable group of women artists. Meanwhile, near Glenelg, Stephen Page and his team are preparing the opening performance from February 28 to March 2, a perfect family show on the beach with the sunset setting the stage. Our world-class artists are presenting indoor and outdoor performances, both free and ticketed, providing everyone with an opportunity to embark on an extraordinary adventure with them.”

For event details and bookings go to adelaidefestival.com.au 

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